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Ethics and education for the public service in a liberal state
Author(s) -
Brown Peter G.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of policy analysis and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.898
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1520-6688
pISSN - 0276-8739
DOI - 10.1002/pam.4050060106
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , presupposition , perspective (graphical) , public policy , public relations , state (computer science) , vocabulary , political science , public administration , public service , service (business) , sociology , engineering ethics , business , law , marketing , epistemology , engineering , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , artificial intelligence
Graduate programs in public policy offer a variety of ethics courses focusing on framework theories, topical applications, and duties of office. Brown gives four reasons for making these types of courses an integral part of education for public service: they provide a common civic vocabulary; they give an essential perspective on analytical techniques; they challenge students' own presuppositions about public policy; and they help distinguish between empirical and conceptual issues. He argues that the growing emphasis in the policy programs on public management further enhances the importance of education in ethics, and that the current dearth of such courses in some programs seriously impedes their graduates.